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The  Kennedy  School  of  Missions 

PRELIMINARY  ANNOUNCEMENT 

FOR  THE 

FIFTH  YEAR,  1915-16 


The  work  of  the  school  will  begin  Thursday  morning, 
September  30.  Some  of  the  courses  will  begin  that  morning 
and  the  remainder  as  soon  as  the  schedule  can  be  completed. 
It  is  expected  that  all  students  will  be  present  and  have  made 
all  needful  adjustments  of  rooms  by  that  time. 

The  list  of  courses  printed  in  the  Year  Book  for  1914-15 
presents  the  courses  offered  in  1915-16,  except  for  the  follow- 
ing modifications  and  additions,  which  should  be  carefully 
noted. 

Page  142 

The  main  courses  in  the  New  Testament  will  be  given  by 
Prof.  Waldo  S.  Pratt  of  the  Theological  Seminary.  As  thus 
arranged,  the  courses  are  as  follows: 

New  Testament  A. 

A study  of  the  teaching  of  Jesus  in  order,  preceded  by  a survey  of 
the  origin  and  character  of  the  Gospels  and  followed  by  a sketch  of 
the  first  Christian  evangelism.  (Acts  I-XII.) 

20  hours.  Term  1.  Prof.  Pratt,  No.  50. 

New  Testament  B. 

A study  of  the  propagation  of  Christianity  among  Gentiles,  with 
a survey  of  the  Epistles  in  their  relation  to  the  formation  of  Christian 
churches  in  the  Greek  and  Roman  world. 

20  hours.  Term  3.  Prof.  Pratt,  No.  51. 

Ethical  Teachings  of  Jesus. 

A study  of  the  main  lines  in  the  ethical  teachings  of  Jesus  as 
reported  in  the  Gospels. 

15  hours.  Term  2.  Dr.  Johnstone,  No.  50. 

Page  142 

The  course  in  Old  Testament  History  and  Introduction 
will  be  given  in  two  sections,  to  be  elected  as  a unit,  as  follows : 

A.  10  hours.  Term  1.  Dr.  Fennell,  No.  50a. 

B.  20  hours.  Term  2.  Dr.  Fennell,  No.  50b . 


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Mrs.  Dwight  E.  Potter  will  be  associated  with  Mrs.  Platt 
(Mrs.  Labaree)  in  the  work  of  Missionary  Practice,  and  Prof. 
John  Douglas  Adam  of  the  Theological  Seminary  will  co- 
operate in  the  case  of  the  men  students.  As  revised,  the  fol- 
lowing courses  will  be  offered : 

Community  Studies. 

Lectures  by  the  instructor  and  by  experts  on  organization  and 
conduct  of,  and  co-operation  with,  social,  religious,  and  civic  institu- 
tions; visits  to  institutions.  Primarily  designed  to  meet  the  needs 
of  students  in  the  affiliated  schools,  but  elective  under  certain  cir- 
cumstances for  students  in  the  School  of  Missions. 

15  hours.  Term  3.  Mrs.  Potter,  No.  50. 

Missionary  Practice. 

Weekly  lectures  on  methods  of  missionary  work.  Observation  of 
various  forms  of  philanthropic  and  religious  work.  Supervised  service 
among  foreign-speaking  peoples,  such  as  conduct  of  sewing  schools, 
Camp-fire  Clubs,  visits  to  homes  and  hospitals,  and  teaching  English 
to  foreigners.  Personal  conferences  with  students  by  means  of  which 
their  practical  experiences  are  criticised  and  translated  into  terms  of 
their  tasks  in  their  respective  fields.  Required  of  all  women  students, 
except  missionaries  on  furlough.  One  lecture  weekly  and  an  afternoon 
of  work  in  Hartford,  New  Britain  or  vicinity.  The  placing  of  students 
and  supervision  of  work  under  Mrs.  Potter;  the  lectures  by  Mrs.  Platt 
(Mrs.  Labaree)  and  frequent  personal  conferences  with  her. 


A. 

30  hours. 

Term  1. 

Mrs.  Platt, 

No.  50. 

B. 

30  hours. 

Term  2. 

Mrs.  Platt, 

No.  51. 

C. 

30  hours. 

Term  3. 

Mrs.  Platt, 

No.  52. 

Advanced  Missionary 

Practice. 

For  students  who  have  completed  courses  50-52  under  Mrs.  Platt. 
More  responsible  social  or  religious  work  and  a course  of  readings 
assigned  for  examination.  Under  joint  supervision  of  Mrs.  Platt  and 
Mrs.  Potter.  If  arranged  for  in  advance,  students  engaged  in  remuner- 
ative social  work  may,  under  certain  circumstances,  receive  credit  in 
this  course. 

Hours  to  he  arranged.  Terms  1,  2,  3.  Mrs.  Platt,  Nos.  55a,  b , c. 
Clinical  Class. 

Weekly  conferences  regarding  the  practical  problems  arising  out 
of  the  religious  and  social  work  of  the  students.  During  the  first 
half  year  practical  religious  problems  are  discussed;  during  the  second 
half  year  practical  social  problems.  Required  of  all  men  students 
except  missionaries  on  furlough. 

A.  15  hours.  First  Half  Year.  Prof.  Adam,  No.  Jh 

B.  15  hours.  Second  Half  Year.  Prof.  Adam,  No.  5. 


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TABLE 

First  Term 

Adam 

4 a Clinical  Class  A 
20  Conduct  of  Religious  Meetings 

Ananikian 

50a  Elementary  Turkish  A 
52 a Elementary  Armenian  A 

Barret 

50a  Elementary  Sanskrit  A 
Baxter 

20a  Food  and  Dietetics  A 

25  Simple  Cookery  (15  hrs.) 

Capen 

50  General  Sociology 
54a  Social  Movements  A 
56  History  of  Missions 
58  Non-Christian  World 

Chuan 

50a  Chinese  A 
Dawson 

20  Neurology 

26  Genetics 

Fennell 

50a  O.  T.  History  and  Intro.  A 
Galpin 

50 a Elementary  Spanish  A 
Gillett 

5 Nature  of  Religion 
Jones 

50  India  A,  Country,  etc. 

Mackenzie 

20a  Christian  Doctrine  A 

Medical  Instruction 
a Course  A 

Platt  ( Labaree ) 

50  Missionary  Practice  A 
55 a Ad.  Missionary  Practice  A 

Pratt 

7 a Sight-singing  A 
8 a Chorus-singing  A 
9a  Harmony  A 
50 a New  Testament  A 

St.  John 

20a  Fund  Principles  A 

21a  Principles  A 

23a  History  of  Education 

24  Story  Telling 

28a  S.  S.  Curriculum  A 

Wetzel 

50a  Elocution  A 
Worrell 

50  Phonetics  A 
54a  Classical  Arabic  A 


COURSES 


Second  Term 

Adam 

4 b Clinical  Class  A (Continued)  5 

5 a Clinical  Class  B 10 

Ananikian 

50 h Elementary  Turkish  B 30 

52 b Elementary  Armenian  B 30 

Barret 

50 b Elementary  Sanskrit  20 

Baxter 

20 b Food  and  Dietetics  B 20 

Capen 

51  Ethnology  30 

54 b Social  Movements  B 10 

57  Methods  of  Missions  30 

59  Missionary  Message  15 

Chuan 

50 b Chinese  B 20 

Dawson 

21  Habit  30 

27  Racial  Psychology  30 

Fennell 

50 b O.  T.  History  and  Intro.  B 20 

Galpin 

50 b Elementary  Spanish  B 30 

Geer 

50  History  Latin  America  15 

51  Roman  Catholicism  ,15 

Gillett 

50  History  of  Religion  30 

Johnstone 

50  Ethical  Teachings  of  Jesus  15 

Jones 

51  Missions  in  India  25 

53a  Religions  of  India  15 

Macdonald 

50a  Elementary  Islam  A 30 

Mackenzie 

20 b Christian  Doctrine  B 10 

Medical  Instruction 

b Course  B 10 

Plait  ( Labaree ) 

51  Missionary  Practice  B 30 

53  Bible  in  Missionary  Work  10 

55 b Ad.  Missionary  Practice  B 
Pratt 

7b  Sight-singing  B 30 

9b  Chorus-singing  B 10 

St.  John 

20 b Fundamental  Principles  B 30 

21  6 Principles  B 15 

236  History  of  Education  B 10 

25  Education  of  Emotions  10 

286  S.  S.  Curriculum  B 10 

Thayer 

50a  Business  Methods  A 10 

Wetzel 

506  Elocution  B 10 

Worrell 

51  Phonetics  B 20 

52  Special  Phonetics  10 

546  Classical  Arabic  B 30 


OF 

10 

10 

30 

30 

20 

20 

5 

30 

10 

30 

15 

20 

30 

30 

10 

30 

30 

25 

10 

10 

30 

15 

10 

20 

20 

30 

15 

10 

10 

10 

10 

20 

30 


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TABLE 


Third  Term 

Adam 

5b  Clinical  Class  B (Continued) 
Ananikian 

50 c Elementary  Turkish  C 
52 c Elementary  Armenian  C 
Barret 

50c  Elementary  Sanskrit  C 
Capen 

52  Missionary  Sociology 

53  Practical  Sociology 
54c  Social  Movements  C 

Chuan 

50 c Chinese  C 

Dawson 

22  Intellect 

28  Psychology  of  Religion 
Gal  pin 

50c  Elementary  Spanish  C 
Geer 

51  History  of  Mexico 
Jones 

52  Missionary  Problems,  India 
53&  Religions  of  India  (Continued) 

Knight 

24  Pauline  Epistles 
Macdonald 

50 b Elementary  Islam  B 
Mackenzie 

20c  Christian  Doctrine  C 
50  Christology 
Medical  Instruction 
c Course  C 
Paton 

50  Rabbinic  Hebrew 
Platt  ( Labaree ) 

52  Missionary  Practice  C 

54  Bible  in  Mission  Work 
55c  Ad.  Missionary  Practice  C 

Potter 

50  Community  Studies 
Pratt 

9 b Harmony 

51  New  Testament  B 

St.  John 

22  General  Method 
23c  History  of  Education  C 
27  Spec.  Meth.  Elem.  Grades 
28c  S.  S.  Curriculum  C 
Thayer 

50 b Business  Methods  B 
51  Business  Methods  C 
Wetzel 

50 c Elocution  C 
Worrell 

53  Language  Study 
54c  Classical  Arabic  C 

55  Modern  Arabic 


COURSES 

Not  Assigned  To  Any  Particular  Term 
Given,  Time  Permitting,  As  Called  For 


Ananikian 


51 

Advanced  Turkish,  per  term 

30 

53 

Adv.  Armenian,  Classical,  per  term 

30 

54 

Adv.  Armenian,  Modern,  per  term 

30 

55 

Elementary  Persian 

60 

56 

Turkish  Literature 

15 

57 

Armenian  Literature 

20 

58 

Turkish  History 

30 

59 

Armenian  History 

20 

Barret 

51 

Advanced  Sanskrit,  per  term 

10 

Capen 

55 

Sociology  Seminar  (as  required) 

60 

Missions  Seminar  (as  required) 

Gal  pin 

51 

Advanced  Spanish,  per  term 

15 

Macdonald 

Sp. 

Advanced  Arabic  (as  required) 

Sp. 

Advanced  Islam  (as  required) 

Sp. 

Advanced  Hebrew  (as  required) 

Neeld 

50 

North  India 

15 

Worrell 

56 

Syriac 

60 

57 

Coptic 

60 

58 

Ethiopic 

60 

59 

Amharic 

60 

OF 

10 

30 

30 

20 

30 

30 

10 

20 

30 

30 

30 

15 

15 

10 

30 

30 

10 

10 

10 

30 

30 

10 

15 

20 

20 

30 

20 

10  . 

10 

10 

10 

10 

20 

30 

30 


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Owing  to  the  absence  of  Professor  Mitchell  for  the  year 
1915-16,  the  courses  offered  by  him  will  be  omitted. 


Pages  154,  155 

The  course  on  Missionary  Problems  in  India  (Professor 
Jones,  No.  52)  will  be  reduced  to  15  hours. 

The  course  on  The  Religions  of  India  (Professor  Jones, 
No.  53)  will  be  increased  to  25  hours  and  continue  into  term  3. 


Page  156 

The  courses  in  Spanish  will  be  given  by  Prof.  Stanley  L. 
Galpin,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Romance  Languages  in  Trinity 
College,  as  follows : 

Elementary  Spanish. 

The  purpose  of  the  course  is  the  practical  acquisition  of  the  lan- 
guage, based  upon  a thorough  understanding  of  its  grammatical 
structure. 


A. 

SO  hours. 

Term  1. 

Dr. 

Galpin, 

No.  50a. 

B. 

SO  hours. 

Term  2. 

Dr. 

Galpin, 

No.  50b. 

C. 

SO  hours. 

Term  S. 

Dr. 

Galpin, 

No.  50c. 

Advanced  Spanish. 

An  advanced  course  will  be  arranged  to  meet  the  needs  of  those 
already  acquainted  with  Spanish.  Fifteen  hours  each  term. 

Dr.  Galpin,  No.  51. 

Page  157 

Arrangements  are  being  made  for  lecture  courses  upon 
China,  Japan,  Africa,  and  Latin  America.  Such  courses  are 
given  only  when  called  for.  Those  desiring  such  courses 
should  report  to  the  Secretary  as  early  as  possible.  Details 
will  be  announced  later. 

Page  159 

Examinations  on  lectures  and  assigned  readings  will  be 
given  on  the  sections  of  the  course  on  the  Care  of  Health 
in  additional  periods. 

Note  in  table  of  courses,  changes  in  the  terms  when  a 
few  courses  are  to  be  given. 


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